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Retention in Medical Care and Antiretroviral Treatment according to Skin Color in Southern Brazil

Published:2013-05-22 Issue:2 Volume:13 Page:170-177
ISSN:2325-9582
Container-title:Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC)
language:en
Short-container-title:J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care

Author:

Zubaran Carlos¹,Michelim Lessandra²,Foresti Katia³,Medeiros Gregory²,May William²,Madi José Mauro²

Affiliation:

1. School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Australia

2. School of Medicine, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil

3. Department of Psychiatry, Western Sydney Local Health Network, Australia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the retention in medical care and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment of individuals living with HIV and AIDS to antiretroviral therapy in southern Brazil according to their “race” or skin color. This study is part of a 225-day prospective trial, comprising 7 interviews, in which an intervention designed to improve adherence to treatment was tested. A convenience sample of 73 individuals living with HIV and/or AIDS enrolled in this follow-up procedure. The mean length of continuance in treatment was 161.5 (standard deviation [SD] = 18.6; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 125-198) and 138.4 (SD = 14.1; 95% C.I. = 111-166) days in the “nonwhite” and “white” categories, respectively. There was no significant difference between the 2 categories, χ2(1, n = 72) = 0.76, P = .38, which include similar levels of retention in medical care and treatment with ARV medications between groups of individuals categorized as white and nonwhite in this sample.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Dermatology,Immunology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2325957413488178

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